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LABELING MACHINE Filed June ll, 1934 B-Sheets-Sheet-3- 5L I N`TioR ATTORNEY` Patented Aug. 20, 1935 PATENT orties `LABELING micrnNr-zv SidneyR. Geist, Woodmera N. Y., assi'gnor to A. Kimball Company, NewYork, N. Y.,` a corporation `oi. New York Application June 11, `1934, Serial No. 730,102 t 51 claims. (c1. sia-ss) My ,invention relates tol improvements in`v` a` ticket applying device, and more particularly has reference to and isillustratedin the accompanying drawings inV itsyapplication tof-a machine forapplying individual tickets fromla continuous` strip of the sameto'merchandise such as hosiery, insuch manner that the hosiery is'not pierced or 'cutwhile 'at the same time each ticket is separately appliedgfrom the strip, 10'

and is printedor markedwhile doing so. f

' Referring t'osaid drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates in. perspective, `partly-indotted/outline, a suitablegiform of machineyfor applying the tickets, Fig. 2' isaplan View looking down upon Fig. l with the transmission Abelow the tableof the machine removed, Figg" is an .enlarged` detail part-A 1y in section showing the ticket applying and cutting mechanism, Fig. 4 is a plan view of a short strip of ticketsgandFig, 5,'an enlargedjfront elev vationpartlylil` longitudinal section showing the,V clutch Y mechanism 1 for controlling the `-feed o f nl@ tickets Avleferring nowinore particularly "1; in-

dicates the table of the machine, preferably supported atjthe fourcornersby legslsuch as 'I.' 8

il'stheQmain drive shaftfoperatedfrom Vgear 9,

whichV is loosely mounted thereomand which byA y `referencefto Fig. 5, it Vwill' be observed, carries the'puterfportion u|.,ofa clutch, the inner" por?, tionl vl I ofv whichjsslidably secured 'tothe shaft 8 by any suitable 'means such as the key II', I2 indicates. a pinprojected by the spring I3 in thehousing vHmand"pivotally connected to the lever I5, which by reference to Fig. l it will be observed is in turnpivotally mounted at |6 and is provided with a finger pedal Il so that when the pedal is pressed against the action of the spring l, the pin I2 is raised out of the slot i8 in the cup `II of the clutch, thus allowing the spring I6 to project the member II into the member I0 until the teeth 2|! of the member engage the teeth 2| of the member I0, thereby allowing the power from the gear 9 to be transmitted by the clutch into the drive shaft 8.

`Upon the drive shaft 8 is provided a cam 23 upon which rides the roller 24, in bracket 25, secured to spindle 26, in housing 2l, suitably secured to the table as indicated at 28. At the top of the-,spindle 26 is provided an arm 29 carrying an inking pad 30 lwhich as the shaft 8 rotates, passes over and Wipes the type 3| in type-box 32,

held therein by any suitable means such as the screw 33 and bar pivoted at the end thereof, not

34 indicates another cam upon the drive shaft 38, arid39 `indicates a roller upon the lever 33 adapted to ride in the slot 4U of standard 4 i carrying block 42, provided with guide-way i3Y for the type-boxSZ, thelatter being secured in proper position in the block l2-'by the set screw All.

t Also upon the shaft Bl is the cam l5upon which rides the Vroller 146, carried by lever 4l pivotally mounted at 48 in bracket 49, and providing support for vthe pin 50 penetrated by the lower endof` spring 5I, the upper coil of which bears againstitlfe bearing 52, the saidpin being slidably` mounted in tube 53, secured in the dframe 54 ofthe machine, so Athat as the shaft rotates, the `pin-z 5D engages beneath` the flap 55 of the ticket which h as been fed immediately above the same;` s'ovthatastocking upon the table 55 may bevslippe'd under the iiap55, after which the said flap seis `depressed bythe fingeriss' sugnuy'beyondtlleplane ofthe ticket, thereby frictionally engaging or'interlocking thefabric of `the stocking,-the samefhaving already been `printed or marked by the type 3| as the same was fed through the machine and, while being interlocked-with the stocking, theknife 5T descends with theflnger' 56', cutting the ticket across the narrow neck 5,8A thereof, shown to advantage in Figli:V 59vis another cam upon the drive shaft 8, upon which rides the roller 66 in the end ofthe'arm 6|, pivotally1 mounted at 6,2and- 'at the end at 63',- the pivot'763*caryingthe lever 6G which is pivoted at 65 to the plunger 66, carrying the block 61, which is offset at the top and is provided with the hole for the screw which passes through the block 61, engaging the knife 51, and to which block El is secured the finger 56 by theiscrew 'IIL The block 61 slides in grooves formed in the standard 6'I, and as the block B'I rises and falls with its nger 56 and knife 5l, the L- shaped lever '|I, pivoted at 'I2 on the standard 61 and provided witha continuation 'I3' of slot 13, carrying roller M, is oscillated by said lever 64 upon said pivotal bearing '|2, the lower extremity of the slot I3 causes the pivotal bearing 'I5 at the end of rod 16 to oscillate said rod 'I6 horizontally, the other end of said rod 'I6 also having a pivotal bearing '|'I which travels in the slot 18 of lever 19, pivotally mounted at 8D, the pin 8| being'secured to the block 82, thereby reciprocates said block 82 in the frame 83 and slot 84 thereof, and at the front of said block 32 is 9i which is a small pin or projection 86 which as it: travels'rightwardly, looking at Fig. 1, slips. into the hole 87- ofV the ticket strip, thereby en- I gaging the strip and pushing the same leftwardly between `the guides`88,89, said guides being kof diierent width, c Upon the under sidel of the block 82 may be variable as to their separation by the handle 90 upon screw 9i, the opposite end offwhich 92 is oppositely threaded to the end 9|, said screw having bearingin the block 93, thereby provid-- ingadjustment for theA guidej,I 89s for.' tickets provided a bracket 94 adapted 'to slide therewithupon the guides 88, 89 andis'provi'dedwith pin 95 to. which is secured 'one endjofv the springk 9E, the other endl being s'ecur edtdthestandardr Q1 pivotaliy mounted at v98' upon the. extension 94 of bracket "94, having `a depending'toe 9I9`for.` engagement `with the successive vholesliilV otftlrie-` ticket strip |59, as "the same isfed through the.

machine as aforesaid. i r ,f Y, 0f; course it will"r be understood ,that various mod ications may-,bey made in the construction' and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention as claimed. y .Icl'airn: "1. In a machine of the classr described, in combination, means for; feeding a strip of tickets, each ticket of which is providedwith atab adapt'y Ved to be'` bent'outj of the plane of the'ticketgin order that merchandise may. be ,insertedtheref-v dise 'can bei, removed from the-machine upon.

completion voftheinterlockingoperation. .j .c

c 2:;fIn` a 'machine of `the kclass #described-ihr combination, means for ieedingf a1 strip- 0f tickets; each ticket of Whichisprovidedwith a tab adapted to be engaged with merchandise, meansj for bendingsaid tab'out jof #the `plane ofthefticket, means forl interlocking said tab] and tcketWithl .the` merchandise, and means-for ,severing the endv ticket froml the strip, wherebythe severed ticket and interlockedv merchandise `can be re moved from the-machineupon completion of the interlocking operation.;y f

.v 3.1 In a'machine ofy the class described-in bi'nation, meansior feedingva series ofY tickets,

each tickety of which is provided with a tab adapted to be engaged with merchandise, means l for bending the j said tab out of the planeof theticket, so'that merchandise may be inserted therebetween, and means for rebending the said tabv into and through the'plane of', the ticket,

whereby `the merchandise inserted between the tabl andr` ticket is also pushed throughthe plane of the ticket and interlocked" therewith;

r4". In a machine ofthe class described, in comvbination,means for'feeding a strip oftickets in-` termittentlmfone ticketlength 'at a time,v each ticket'ofj saidstrip being yprovidedwith a tab adapted tobe engaged with merchandise, means 15 for bending said tabout of" the plane' of the 'i ticket, so that merchandise may lbe, inserted therebetween, means for rebending the said tab the merchandise inserted `between the tab and ticket'is also pushed through the plane of the ticket andinterlocked therewith,thesaid parts comprising the machine being so rarranged that atthe beginning of eachgoperating cycle saidl bending 'means is retracted, said `rebending means is then advanced while` said feeding means 'into andthrough'the plane of the ticket-whereby *Y is retracted inpreparation. yfor the next feeding operation, said feeding means is'lthenv operated to advance the striplwhile saidrebending means` isretracted', and upon completion of the feeding stroke, said bending'means` is advanced to open.

the taboftheneXt succeeding ticket, and to hold itlpen` Vafter,thelcycle'is completed,

. 5.V In a *machine .of the class. described, in

combination, meansforjieeding a, `series of tick# Y ets, each ticket of which is provided' witha tab adapted to .be .engaged with ,merchandise .and having indicia printed on one facefthereof, means including.' amovable `'member ,for bending said tab out ofthe plane of,v the ticket,` so that merchandise maybe inserted therebetween, and means including a second movable membelfigrv rebendings'aidI tabintoand through lthe plane offthev ticket, `vsaid rrst named movable member being located opposite vthe printed face ofsaid strip` and movable toward said-printing face to bend said ftab backward from said printed face, and said last named movable .member being locatedy opposite theunprintedvface of said strip, andvadapted to rebend said tab toward saidpintedlface, whereby, y,wheni'he ticket'K isattached to the merchandise, the printed'face is exposed.

, j SIDNEY acnrs'r, 

